I wouldn't necessarily trust the House writers to do it well (especially since it's being teased in what looks like kind of a sensationalist way), but I have seen the sudden suicide of a major character presented in a dramatically effective and well-characterized way. It was on a cop show, and the pain and frustration of surviving characters--the inability to "solve" the motivation of the character's death--drove the story.
As I say, though, I'm not counting on House to make something like that work, especially when this development sounds like what you describe: "hey look! surprise suicide!"
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Date: 2009-04-03 07:50 pm (UTC)As I say, though, I'm not counting on House to make something like that work, especially when this development sounds like what you describe: "hey look! surprise suicide!"